The 23 richest countries in the world

Qatar, Luxembourg and Singapore: On top of sharing the
particularity of being some of the smallest countries in the
world, they are also the three richest countries in the world,
according to an analysis by the
Global Finance Magazine.

Based on data from the IMF, the magazine ranked the world's
countries according to their GDP per capita and determined the
poorest and richest ones.

The analysis also used a Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
basis, which takes into account the living cost and
inflation rates, in order to compare living standards between the
different nations.

Some small territories, such as Liechtenstein,
Nauru, Vatican City, Monaco, San Marino and Andorra were not
included in the study.

Using this measure Qatar,
located of the east coast of Saudi Arabia, has come in as the
richest country in the world over the 2009-2013 period.

Map
of the richest and poorest countries in the world - Dark red:
highest GDP per capita, Light red: lowest GDP per
capitaGlobal
Finance Magazine

Luxembourg is the second
richest country in the world with an average GDP per capita of
$79,593,91. The high figure is partly
due to the large number of people working in the tiny landlocked
nation while living in surrounding France, Germany and
Belgium.

Those salaries
bump up the total on which the GDP per capita calculation is
based on, but since they do not live in the country, they are not
part of the number by which it divided.